CURIOUS QUOTES
Memorable
Quotes
Celebrity
Quotes
APPRECIATION
"You never know what
you've got until it's gone, but you never know what you have been missing
until you get it."
(Author Unknown)
BELIEVING IN
YOURSELF
"Whether you think you can, or
think you can't - - you're right.
(Henry Ford)
FRIENDS
"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five
real friends, then you've had a great life."
(Lee Iacocca)
LAUGHTER
"Laughter
is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in
one place."
(Josh Billings)
PERCEPTION
"The
basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior
takes everything as a challenge; while an ordinary man takes everything
either as a blessing or a curse."
(Don Juan)
IDLE CHATTER
"It is
not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring."
(Spanish
Proverb)
WITHOUT FEAR
During the civil wars in feudal Japan,
an invading army would quickly sweep into a town and take control. In one
particular village, everyone fled just before the army arrived - everyone
except the Zen master. Curious about this old fellow, the general went to
the temple to see for himself what kind of man this master was. When he
wasn't treated with the deference and submissiveness to which he was
accustomed, the general burst into anger.
"You fool," he shouted as he reached for
his sword, "don't you realize you are standing before a man who could run
you through without blinking an eye!" But despite the threat, the master
seemed unmoved.
"And do you realize," the master
replied calmly, "that you are standing before a man who can be run through
without blinking an eye?"
(Zen
Proverb)
HAPPINESS
"They say a person needs three things to be truly happy in
this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope
for."
(Tom
Bodett)
IF I HAD MY
LIFE TO LIVE OVER
Interviews with the elderly and the terminally ill do not
report that people have regret for the things they have done but rather
people talk about the things they regret not having done.
I'd dare to make more mistakes next
time.
I'd relax. I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I
have been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously.
I would
take more chances.
I would take more trips.
I would climb more
mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less
beans.
I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer
imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and
sanely hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I've had my moments and if I
had it to do over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to
have nothing else. Just moments.
One after another, instead of
living so many years ahead of each day.
I've been one of those people who never
go anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a
parachute.
If I had to do it again, I'd would travel lighter next
time.
If I had my life to live over, I would
start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the
fall.
I would go to more dances.
I would ride more
merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more
daisies.
(Nadine Stair, age
85)
LOVE
"A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with
love and dreams."
(William Arthur
Ward)
INSIGHT
"The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his
head affirmatively but says nothing."
(Henry S. Haskins)
SOLUTIONS
"For every problem there is one solution
which is simple, neat, and wrong."
(H.L.
Mencken)
SELF ESTEEM
"Nobody
can make you feel inferior without your consent."
(Eleanor
Roosevelt)
LINDA EVANGELISTA (Supermodel)
"I can
do anything you want me to do as long as I don't have to
speak."
(Well, at least she knows her limitations.)
SAM GOLDWYN (Media Mogul)
Sam Goldwyn,
to a newly signed actor: "Where do you hail from?"
Newly signed
actor: "Idaho."
Sam Goldwyn: "Out here, young man, we
pronounce it Ohio."
(Ok the man knows how to make movies but he
sucks at Geography - could be worse. Oh wait. Now the entire
world knows he doesn't know the difference between Ohio and Idaho.
Maybe it couldn't be worse.)
But wait! There's more from
our pal, Sam:
"I don't think anybody should write his autobiography
until after he's dead."
SIMON LEBON (Lead singer of Duran
Duran)
"I'm not a snob. Ask anybody. Well, anybody who
matters."
(I find it ironic that this man has attitude about people
who matter - has he had a hit in the last 10 years?
Anybody?)
AXL ROSE (Lead singer of Guns 'n'
Roses)
"It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the
other person is not going to allow me to be with other
people."
(Mmmmmm...yeah. Riiiight.)
Who doesn't like a good quote?:
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